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World Track Championships 2009

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Final

Anna Meares and Kaarle McCulloch set a world fastest time to win the World Championship Team Sprint title. Meares set a blistering 18.692 second first lap to set up McCulloch to finish in 33.149 seconds. Relegated to second in a unusual spot for British cycling was the pair of Vicky Pendleton and Shanaze Reade. The Brits only managed a 19.195 second first lap by Reade. It was not enough to put Pendleton into a winning position. Settling for a silver medal, the pair were obviously disappointed. 

In third place the  Lithuania team, that included yesterdays 500m TT winner Simona Krupeckaite and Gintare Gaivenyte, secured the Bronze medal ahead of the French.  

Qualifying

The Australian pair of Anna Meares and Kaarle McCulloch qualified fastest in the Team Sprint with a time of 33.452 seconds. Meares blasted the first lap in a time of 18.833 seconds. Having ridden first, the Australians had to wait until the British pair had ridden to have it confirmed who they would meet in the Gold medal ride. 

The French pair of Sandie Clair and Clara Sanchez secured their place in the Bronze ride with a time of 33.609 seconds. They meet the Lithuanian  team who completed their ride in a time of 33.617 seconds. 

Anna Meares and Kaarle Mcculloch (AUS) blew the competition away setting the fastest time ever in the Team Sprint. "I am speechless," said McCulloch as she came off the track. "It is amazing. I had no idea how fast I was going, I just rode as hard as I could. I am so happy to have done this with Anna too, I am really please and a little speechless," said McCulloch. Asked when she can celebrate, McCulloch added, "I have the sprint and the Keirin over the next couple of days, but I am sure I will celebrate on Sunday night. My family have flown all the way from Australia to see this so I am sure we will be having a party soon."

Meares was amazed at her time for the first lap, "That is incredible. It is really great for Kaarle. I've won a World Championship arr...," said Meares in excitement. "This is my third World Championship jersey, but I have not won one in a team event before so this is very special. God it is special. I am really please. I am on such a high. To walk away with the rainbow jersey is incredible. To win with Kaarle and to do it in such a great time, it is great for our country and great for our sport," added Meares. 

Vicky Pendleton and Shanaze Reade (GBR) could not repeat the success of 2008, only managing a silver medal. Reade reflected on the race, "After the Olympic games it has been a tough few months. I only had four weeks preparation coming into this event and I don't feel I let myself down. I came back and did a 19.1 second first lap, which is only a second off my personal best. The Aussies have just found some magic in the final. An 18.692 second lap is so far off by PB, it just shows for the future that the competition is getting harder and harder. I have got to do more than four weeks to compete with them now," said Reade. . 

Simona Krupeckaite and Gintare Gaivenyte (Lithuania) were very happy with their Bronze medal. Krupeckaite was all smiles with her second medal of these championships. "We are very happy, I knew that we could go faster in the finals and we did. I can not be disappointed with our ride," said Krupeckaite.  

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Results  

Final

Position	Name		Country	Time	Km/Hr
GOLD	Anna	MEARES	AUS	33.149	54.3
	Kaarle	MCCULLOCH	AUS
SILVER	Victoria	PENDLETON	GBR	33.38	53.924
	Shanaze	Reade	GBR
BRONZE	Simona	KRUPECKAITE	LTU	33.495	53.739
	Gintare	GAIVENYTE	LTU
4	Sandie	CLAIR	FRA	33.638	53.51
	Clara	Sanchez	FRA

 

Qualifying

Position	Name		Country	Time	Km/Hr
1	Anna	MEARES	AUS	33.452	53.808
	Kaarle	MCCULLOCH	AUS
2	Victoria	PENDLETON	GBR	33.598	53.574
	Shanaze	Reade	GBR
3	Sandie	CLAIR	FRA	33.609	53.557
	Clara	Sanchez	FRA
4	Simona	KRUPECKAITE	LTU	33.617	53.544
	Gintare	GAIVENYTE	LTU
5	Willy	KANIS	NED	33.791	53.268
	Yvonne	HIJGENAAR	NED
6	Miriam	WELTE	GER	33.922	53.012
	Kristina	VOGEL	GER
7	Jinjie	GONG	CHN	34.475	52.211
	Lulu	ZHENG	CHN
8	Olga	STRELTSOVA	RUS	34.733	51.823
	Swetlana	Grankovskaya	RUS
9	Aleksandra	DREJGIER	POL	35.095	51.289
	Rebata	Dabrowska	POL
10	Wai See	LEE	HKG	36.418	49.426
	Zhao Juan	Meng	HKG

 

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Qualifying

 

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